philpassingham

Bet you wished you’d pushed it back now Brian lol

TY Ron.

The carrier did indeed come from Desperates Emporium, via Blackpool, Leicester then Milton Keynes. I think it origionaly came from the states though. As far as luggage is concerned the side bags are a couple of 50ltr rucksacks i picked up from ebay at ?8 each (new – last years design). I undid the straps and then cross fastened them to…[Read more]

These are my 2 complete bikes at the moment

Ready for Belgium . . .

Dragonslayers rally . . .

New Project . . .

Still hate you mate lol

She is probably the best bargain so far!

Lovely condition and i do like the screen

She did lol

Well im impressed too Ron and welcome aboard!

I’m a CSR owner here in the UK and mine is almost 100% original, i have the bits thats missing too!

Im after building a 2nd bike to use for my regular riding and want the CSR to be in show condition.

You couldnt have come to a better place mate.

I have pencilled you in for a NOS panel in red at dealer near me for ?30.

Will give you a call tonight 😀

What Grapes?

I havent got a link to that site anymore whip.

Whats happened? Can you post a link please?

Hey Joe (we know a song about that) im chuffed foe your first ride mate. Now you can see why we are all nuts about them. They are unsung heroes.

Where abouts are you from Joe? Maybe we could meet up for a ride?

Well im sick of deleting them and their posts so ive set the membership so ALL new accounts have to be activated by admin.

Hope you all have a good year folks and many miles n hours of trouble free biking.

Sticky side down boys . . . .

Have i bitten off to much to chew?

Shut up you mamby pamby village boy and get yer arse over there!

It does actually look alot worse on the pics though.

The surprising thing is it does actually have some good bits and they are mainly the ones we struggle with over here. The Chain guard is mint, the seat base is solid and in quite good condition, all the lenses are perfect without any cracks or scratches, the downpipes are in good nick, footpeg…[Read more]

Only paid ?50 for this one . . . .

Left in someones back garden to rot . . .

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it doesn’t make much difference how strong the bolts are given that the plate they screw into is only mild steel.

I’m a Nuclear Design Engineer. The issue here is an issue of shear which is where the benefits of the higher tensile bolts comes into play. They have a better resistence to shearing. You are toataly right with regards to the…[Read more]

No i didnt replace mine with stainless steel. Many people are fooled into thinking stainless steel fixings are better than tensile steel. They are realy on better at corrosion resistance.

Replace your bolts with 12.9 high tensile screws. The originals were pobably 8.8 at the best.